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Steve becomes a TV writer for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour alongside greats like Rob Reiner and Bob Einstein. It's the late 60s, and politically-driven folk music abounds. Life is full of contradictions on the spectrum from sad & serious to happy & humorous.
— Jan 27, 2024 11:12AM
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Steve Martin briefly dates Linda Ronstadt, learns that being consistently good is the hardest part of entertaining, and begins to zero in on what makes his act Funny.
— Feb 26, 2024 08:17PM
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Steve Martin starts appearing on talk shows and booking hotel residencies, opening for Ann-Margret.
— Feb 03, 2024 11:12AM
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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ends. Mention of the Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour & his desire to get into 19th-20th century American art collecting.
— Jan 31, 2024 07:55PM
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"These notions stayed with me for months, until they formed an idea that revolutionized my comic direction: What if there were no punch lines? What if there were no indicators? What if I created tension & never released it? What if I headed for a climax, but all I delivered was an anticlimax? What would the audience do with all that tension?" - pg 111
AND he calls Carol Burnett an "affable genius". <3
— Jan 29, 2024 08:07PM
AND he calls Carol Burnett an "affable genius". <3
